Re: OT: Gold aluminum plus isopropyl alcohol equals purple color?
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Corvid
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Sep 26, 2021, 3:38:27 PM9/26/21
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7/22/21, 6:40 AM, John Doe writes:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/27532210@N04/?
>
> I don't know what that is, so I don't know whether anybody here has
> any idea what it is.
>
> Purina Fancy feast cat food cans, the top is gold colored aluminum. I
> usually wipe the inside corner with a few drops of isopropyl rubbing
> alcohol.
>
> The paper towel always turns out pinkish, purpleish. What is that? It
> does NOT come from the label. The label is nowhere near the wiped
> area.
>
> Some sort of coating on the aluminum seems strange, but I cannot
> imagine what else would discolor the paper towel. A reaction between
> the aluminum and isopropyl alcohol seems like a remote possibility,
> but I really have no idea.
>
> The gold color is made with paint?
>
> Thanks.
The idiot posted this to a *metalworking* group!
John Doe
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Sep 27, 2021, 1:30:30 PM9/27/21
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A nym-shifting stalker, usually "Corvid" also "Charger Boy", still sore from being spanked in (sci.electronics.repair)...
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The John Doe troll stated the following in message-id
<sdhn7c$pkp$4...@dont-email.me>:
> The troll doesn't even know how to format a USENET post...
And the John Doe troll stated the following in message-id
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> The reason Bozo cannot figure out how to get Google to keep from
> breaking its lines in inappropriate places is because Bozo is > CLUELESS...
And yet, the clueless John Doe troll has itself posted yet another
incorrectly formatted USENET posting on Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:30:28 -0000
(UTC) in message-id <sisv3k$n4a$4...@dont-email.me>.
Edward Hernandez
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Sep 29, 2021, 9:10:50 AM9/29/21
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